Shown below are some of the many shacks of Bill Meara, N2CQR.   (13Jan08, 15Feb08, 23dec9)    

This London, England, location is the former Radio M0HBR.   It was also the first "recording studio" for the popular podcast called Soldersmoke.

The radio shack has a Drake 2B receiver at the center with some homebrew rigs on the shelf above.  

Now we have the latest in Bill's long list of shacks.   This is I0/N2CQR in Rome.    Bill moved to Italy in the summer of 2007 and recently (Feb 08) received the required documents that allow him to again get on the air, operating portable with his stateside call.

Bill reports that he is making contacts all over Europe with his HW-8 and a slender piece of wire that hangs out the window.   I'm guessing that the variable capacitor and red coil form an antenna matching system.

     You can hear Bill's famous podcast "Soldersmoke" by clicking here.